ProMIS Neurosciences announces presentation and expert panel participation at the Neuroscience Biopartnering and Investment Forum held on March 27, 2017 at the New York Academy of Sciences

TORONTO, March 28, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ProMIS Neurosciences ("ProMIS" or the "Company"), a company focused on the discovery and development of precision treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, today announced its participation in the 2nd Annual Neuroscience Biopartnering and Investment Forum conference organized by Sachs Associates and held at the New York Academy of Sciences on March 27, 2017.

ProMIS Executive Chairman, Eugene Williams, presented an update and overview on the company's rapid progress and future outlook, and also contributed as a member of the expert panel entitled "Advances in Alzheimer's Disease."

"Following on from the Company's successful fundraise announced in February of this year, ProMIS will focus on progressing the development of its antibody program targeting toxic, prion-like forms of Amyloid beta, a root cause of Alzheimer's. Our lead development product, PMN310, is on track for IND submission at the end of 2018," stated Williams. "Furthermore, there is a substantial body of evidence from prior clinical trials in AD that targeting specifically the toxic, prion-like strains of Amyloid beta, while avoiding targeting of Amyloid beta monomer and plaque, will lead to best in class disease modifying therapy."

The Company overview presented at the meeting is available on the ProMIS Neurosciences website at:
http://bit.ly/2na9QPl

About ProMIS Neurosciences, Inc.

The mission of ProMIS Neurosciences is to discover and develop precision medicine therapeutics for effective treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, in particular Alzheimer's disease and ALS.

ProMIS Neurosciences' proprietary target discovery engine is based on the use of two, complementary techniques. The Company applies its thermodynamic, computational discovery platforms-ProMIS(TM) and Collective Coordinates - to predict novel targets known as Disease Specific Epitopes (DSEs) on the molecular surface of misfolded proteins. Using this unique "precision medicine" approach, ProMIS Neurosciences is developing novel antibody therapeutics and specific companion diagnostics for Alzheimer's disease and ALS. The company has also developed two proprietary technologies to specifically identify very low levels of misfolded proteins in a biological sample. In addition, ProMIS Neurosciences owns a portfolio of therapeutic and diagnostic patents relating to misfolded SOD1 in ALS, and currently has three preclinical monoclonal antibody therapeutics against this target.

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For further information please consult the Company's website at: 
www.promisneurosciences.com